872 MR, 8. 8. FLOWDR ON THE REPLILES AND [Dec. 1, 
colours are on the neck, back, and sides irregularly spotted or 
reticulated with darker ; or else there are dark bands longitudinal 
on the neck and transverse on the body ; while the limbs and tail 
are usually marked with transverse dark brown irregular bands. 
In April the lips, cheeks, and throat of the males were very 
beautiful with golden, red, and crimson shades on the scales. 
Both this species and C. versicolor seem of similar habits, liking 
bright sunshine and frequenting gardens and cultivated open land 
with small bushes, darting about the grass and climbing the 
branches with the utmost agility. When caught they try to 
defend themselves by biting fiercely. 
Hab. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
32. CaALOTES VERSICOLOR, Daud. 
Calotes versicolor, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 321, & Fauna Brit. Ind., 
Rept. p. 135, fig. p. 136. ’ 
Neither Cantor nor Stoliczka seem to have observed this species 
in the Malay countries. F. Miiller records it from Penang in the 
Bale Museum, and Blanford mentions it in the collection he got 
from Dr. Dennys from Singapore and neighbouring localities. 
I found this species fairly common about the Sepoy Lines, 
Penang ; a female caught in March contained seven white leathery- 
skinned eggs, and one caught in April contained eight. In the 
newly-cleared country around Kulim, Kedah, there were large 
numbers of Calotes; when the jungle has been cut down, stumps 
of the larger forest trees are left standing here and there, several 
yards high out of the ground; on a bright sunshiny day, a Calotes 
was to be seen on the summit of nearly every one of these stumps, 
apparently enjoying the warmth and waiting for passing insects. 
The only specimen I obtained here was of this species. 
Hab. Afghanistan, Beloochistan, India, Ceylon, Burma, Southern 
China, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula. 
33. LIOLEPIS BELLII, Gray. 
Liolepis bellii, Cantor, p. 41; Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 403. 
There are specimens in the British Museum from Penang, from 
Cantor and Capt. Stafford. Cantor says, “ This species appears to 
be numerous, but local. Twelve were at one time obtained from a 
spice plantation in Province Wellesley.” 
Hab. Southern India, Burma, Southern China, Siam, and Malay 
Peninsula. 
Family Varaniz. 
34, VARANUS FLAVESCENS, Gray. 
Varanus flavescens, Cantor, p. 28; Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. 
p. 65, pl. ix. fig. A; Boul. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 309. 
Cantor obtained a single specimen at Penang. 
Hab. Northern India, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 
